Honey! Loves Rubberstamps Challenge!

Hello Everyone!

It is Tuesday, so that means I am back with another challenge for Loves Rubberstamps!  This is everyone's favorite week.  Can you guess what the challenge will be?  Anything Goes, of course!

Our Fabulous sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe & Scrapper's Delight!

This week Scrapper's Delight provided us with an image to use.  I have used Honey.  She looks a bit sassy and fun!  She is colored with copics and I put her on a cute background of Glitz Designs - Cashmere Dame paper.  See below for other supplies.

 

Supplies Used:

Glitz Design - Cashmere Dame

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black 

Copics

Inkessentials - Blending Tool

Tim Holtz - Aged Mahogany Distress Ink

DieNamics - Mix & Match Banner Dies

Amy R Be Happy Sentiments

Spellbinders - Large Oval 

Prima Flowers

Ribbon

I used this sketch below.

How to play: 
Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC93. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, March 10th  so all entries need to be in before then. 

Design Team Favorite Picks:
The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 93 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 95. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 

** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post **

Come on over and show us your creations at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog!

Thank you for stopping by today! 

Blessings until next time….

Athina

New Year's Resolutions - Loves Rubberstamps Challenge

Good Morning!

Well we have come to the end of yet another year.  Where does time go?  They say as you get older, time flies faster…. I am really beginning to believe that.  Before I get into today's post, I just want to say  a BIG THANK YOU to all my followers for your support this year.  I hope that you have a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2014!

Ok, today I am back with our final challenge for 2013 for Loves Rubberstamps.  We want to see and hear all about "New Year's Resolutions".  So come on over and share your creation with us.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is:

I am not sure what all this year will hold for me and my family, but what I do know it will be a busy year with lots of fun adventure.  So just one of my New Year's Resolutions is to stay organized to cut down on stress.  So I chose to focus on my coupon organization for this challenge.   It does take some time to organize coupons and look at ads, but I can tell you since June I have captured over $4,600 in savings with coupons, rebates and sales (yes, I am tracking everything ;).  Best yet, I have cut our grocery bill in 1/2 and our shelves are reasonably stocked.  Items that are stocked well, I will not buy until I begin to run low again.

Ok, so how does all this gibberish about sales and coupons relate to the challenge you ask?  Well, I shop a few different stores to capture only sale items.  So I made this File Folder Organizer to hold my coupons for each store.  I can just slip this down in my purse as I head out the door and go to the store on my lunch break to save some time.  You can find the tutorial here.  (I did alter it a little bit for my use).

I colored Make It Crafty - Zoe Celebrates with copics.   She is such a fun image to color.  Lots of curls and excitement with this one!   I cut the image out with My Favorite Things DieNamics Rounded Banner Stax Dies and used another to nest a background.  The papers are all My Minds Eye - Lost and Found.  I finished the front off with ribbon, clothes pin, button and a banner.

Copics used:

Hair:  E25, E29, E31, E33, E50

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13

Pants:  B91, B95, B97, B99

Shirt/Shoes:  R01, R02, R05, R08

This is the back - Coordinated papers from My Minds Eye.

This is the inside of the file folder.  The papers all coordinating.  I also used some Sizzix dies (Library card & File Folder) to create some extra pockets on the inside.  The folders are stamped with Stampers Anonymous images in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  I used different sentiments from Sweet November - A Little Bit of Magic to help enforce my goals.  This was just purely a little fun for me.

This is just a picture to show you how it will hold coupons for different stores.  

How to play: 
Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC84. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, January 6th so all entries need to be in before then. 

Design Team Favorite Picks:
The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 84 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 85. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 

** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on ourSensational Sunday Inspirations post **

Ok, so I have shared just one of my New Year's Resolutions, what is yours?  Come on over and show us with your creations at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog!

Thank you for stopping by today!  Have a safe New Year's Eve and a blessed 2014.

Blessings until next time….

Athina

Thankful - Loves Rubberstamps Challenge!

Hello Friends -

 Well, this week is quickly passing, but doesn't it always fly when you are home from work?  We haven't done much of anything, just relaxed.  We are headed out to get some breakfast very soon.  Yummy!  

Today I am back with another challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps!  Very fitting for this week, we want to see a creation to Give Thanks!

Our sponsor this week is Saturated Canary!

Saturated Canary generously provided us with an image to use.  I chose Snow White.  Isn't she cute!  I did not color her up in the normal snow white colors since we are in fall and this is a Thank You challenge.  I decided to go with the browns, greens and yellows.  

Copics used:

Hair:  YR23, YR27, R59

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13

Dress:  Y21, YR21, YR23, YG93, YG97, E41, E43, E44, W2, W1

Apples:  R14, R46, R59, RV99

Basket:  E33, E35, E57, E09

Supplies used:

Simple Stories-Harvest Lane

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Scattered Straw

Lace

Lawn Fawn Retro Triple Pack Cord

Spare Parts Embellishments

Tim Holtz Alterations - On The Edge

Die-Namics Rounded Banner Stax Die (MFT)

Flower (Wild Orchid)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share your creations with us!  

Here is how to play!

Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC80 Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, December 2nd so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog! 

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.

$10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store

$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store

Design Team Favorite Picks:
The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 80- will be announced before the posting of Challenge 81 ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 

** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post **

Have a wonderful day!  

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Live the life…. Loves Rubberstamps Blog Hop

Good Morning Friends -

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop's Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher!  We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

Well, this project took a totally different turn than expected.  It started out as a card and ended up wrapping a big chocolate bar that I got for free.  Trying to stock up for Christmas now, so the bank is not broke later.  Guess this one won't make it to Christmas  I stamped the cute little Tiddy Inks, Stylish Friends image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  She is colored with copics    After I colored her, I masked the image and  used a Stampabilities Tapestry Pattern stamp with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen to add a fancy background to the image.  The image was then cut out with MFT Round Banner Dies.  The paper is by Cosmo Cricket and I have added some ribbon, and Wild Orchid flowers to adorn the image.

Here is a peak at that chocolate bar on the inside. I used a Lacy Circle Spellbinder die and stamped the sentiment, Sweet November Stamps, A Little Bit of Magic.

Here is a little closer look at the image.  I was so intimidated by this one before I started to color, but I am pleased with the turnout.  I like the challenge of a fun image!

Copics used:

Hat/Dress:  BV0000, BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29, RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E35

Hair:  E34, E35, E37, E49

So here is the remainder of the hop!  

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Holly

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

Joni

Nina

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to check out what the other lovely ladies have created today.  Laura has also added a lot of new images to the store lately, including this one, be sure to check them out!

Blessings until next time...
Athina

Leaves & Pumpkins! Loves Rubberstamps Challenge!

Hello Friends -

Today, I am back with another challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps! This week it is all about Fall Leaves and Pumpkins!  This is absolutely my favorite time of year with all the crisp colors and temperatures!

Our sponsors this week are QKR Stampede & C. C. Designs (All That Scraps)

C. C Designs, provided Tom Turkey Monkey Feet for us to use.  He is perfect for Leaves and Pumpkins!  This is our final door prize for the women at our reunion this past weekend!   There were 414 buttons in the jar and my husbands grandma guessed 400, so she is the lucky owner of 414 more buttons!

Copics used:

Hat:  YG93, YG95, YG97

Body:  E31, E37, E57

Feathers:  Y00, Y11, Y15, YR23, YR24, E99, YR27

Supplies used:

Copics

C. C. Designs Tom Turkey - Monkey Feet

MFT Die Namics - Rounded Banner

Lawn Fawn - Retro Triple Pack Hemp Twine

Simple Stories - Harvest Lane

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Scattered Straw

Pumpkin Buttons,

Material

Lace,

Burlap

Mason Jar

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and play along with the Fall Leaves or Pumpkins Challenge!

Here is how to play!

Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC74 Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, October 21th so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog! 

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.

$10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store

$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store

Design Team Favorite Picks:
The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 74 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 75. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 


** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post **

Have a wonderful day!  

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Sensational Sunday Blog Hop!

Good Morning Friends,

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop's Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $10 Loves Rubberstamps store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love for the Designers! You have until Saturday, July 20 th, at 8pm CST. Have fun and we hope that you enjoy the hop!

If you've arrived here from Dangina's blog you are right on track! If not, I have posted the whole blog hop list below just in case you get lost along the way!

Today I have a 5x7 card to share with you.  I am using the Rainy Day Birgitta by C. C. Designs.  She is stamped with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink and colored with copics.  I cut her out with a MFT Round Banner Die and added a green background using a larger die from the same set.  The edges are inked with Brushed Corduroy distress ink.  The papers are all from My Minds Eye.  I finished her off with some ribbon, buttons, flowers and a little flag with sentiment by Amy R, Be Happy collection.

Copics used:

Hair:  E21, E25, E27, E29
Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13
Leaf:  YG93, YG95, YG97, 0
Dress:  R00, R81, R85, RV32

The inside uses matching paper and layout.  I used the round banner die to cut out a little tag to tuck inside.

Your next stop on the hop is Shanna!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here!)

Shanna

Lydia

Marcy

Ivonne

We hope you have fun on the hop today!  It is a great way to see what the very talented design team is up to!

Also, Loves Rubberstamps is has openings for three new design team members.  Check out the DT call here if you are interested in being part of this fun group of talented ladies!

Thanks for stopping by!  I do appreciate your visit!

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Loves Rubberstamps Blog Hop

Good Morning Friends,

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop's Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $10 Loves Rubberstamps store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love for the Designers! You have until Saturday, June 8 th, at 8pm CST. Have fun and we hope that you enjoy the hop!

If you've arrived here from Dangina's blog you are right on track! If not, I have posted the whole blog hop list below just in case you get lost along the way!

It is so hard to believe that June is already here.  Wow!  Where has this year gone?  Summer is in full swing here in the midwest and I am loving being outside.  I promised more scrapbook pages due to my recent projects, so I am sorry to all the card makers that were hoping to see a card.  I am just about finished with my dad's book, just in the nick of time.  I took this picture of my nieces at Christmas time.  My mom was taking a picture of them from the front with their santa hats on.  I thought the back side with their arms around each other was adorable, so I snapped a little picture and was pleased with how it turned out.  

I started my layout with black card stock and began layering with My Minds Eye papers.  I framed the 5x7 picture in black to make it stand out a bit.  The circles and sentiment block are by Simple Stories Fabulous collection.  

I used some washi tape, ribbon inked with Walnut Stain distress ink (it was too white for the layout), twine, button and a Die Namics Mix and Match Banner die cut to add the date.  The die cut was inked with Victorian Velvet and Aged Mahogany distress ink.

 The flower is by Spare Parts embellishments and I took a pice of a doily edge and wrapped it around the flower. The flourishes on the red background were stamped with Black Soot Distress ink.

Your next stop on the hop is Shanna!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here!)

Shanna

Lydia

Marcy

Ivonne

We hope you have fun on the hop today!  It is a great way to see what the very talented design team is up to!

Thanks for stopping by!  I do appreciate your visit!

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - Bows

Good Morning,

If you are from the states, I hope you had a nice long weekend!  I have a fun challenge for you from Loves Rubberstamps! This week it is all about bows.  Anything with a bow will work (kite, bow tie, bow).  Our sponsor this week is Kenny K.  His images are something so different from what I typically work with, but I always have fun with them.

I have chosen Troublemaker image to work with.  Now, to me, she does not look like much trouble.  She is just chilling with her ice cream.  I colored her with copics on cryogen paper.  I then cut the image out with My Favorite Things Round Banner Die.  I decided that she looked a little funny leaning in mid air, so I used a Tim Holtz mixed media stamp to stamp what looks like a fence behind her foot.  I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  I then inked around the edges with Weathered Wood and Broken China distress ink.  The background papers are all by My Minds Eye.

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11

Jacket:  BG11, BG72, BG78

Shirt:  R21, R43, RV14

Pants:  E30, E31, E35

Hair:  R21, R43, RV14 (she needed to have fun hair)

Ice Cream:  E31, E35, W0, W1 & stickles

For the tags in the corner, I used My Favorite Things Mix Match Banners Die.  I dry embossed with clear embossing ink and powder using Tim Holtz mixed media stamps.  I stamped the Hugs sentiment by Amy R in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

Now it is your turn.  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and play along with us.

How to play: 
Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC55. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, June 3rd so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator! They will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog and they will also win the Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher as well as any prizes being offered by Guest Sponsors that week.

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.

$10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store

$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store

If you want to see what companies we carry visit our store Loves Rubberstamps

The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 55 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 56. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 

Guest Designer Information:
If you would like your chance of being our  JULY GUEST DESIGNER just put GDT behind your name, or leave a comment stating you are interested! 
Guest Designers receive a 20% discount on most all items listed in our store during their term.We will also provide a link to your blog for 1 year!! Only rule is to use current images from stamp companies we carry in the store for your challenge projects and to have fun! We will contact the winner the week of the June 18th with the announcement of the JULY'S GUEST DESIGNER June 25th.

** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on ourSensational Sunday Inspirations post **


Thanks for stopping by today.
Blessings until next time...
Athina